Sometimes we are much better at judging people based on how they treat everyone other than ourselves. We make a million excuses for why they treat us how they do. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
If you’ve had a marriage that ended because of a betrayal in trust on your spouse’s behalf, the idea of trusting another person with your heart can seem completely ridiculous. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
Often, when cheating happens, we rush to place blame solely on one person – either the person who did the cheating, or more insidiously, if it happened to us, we blame ourselves for not being ‘good enough’ to keep them around. But putting it all on one person doesn’t paint the entire picture. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
Ghosts of Marriages Past can haunt many aspects of a new relationship – your expectations of what a man should do, how you behave in conflict, your ideas of how commitment should look – they can even make your new man look untrustworthy when he’s really behaving normally. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
Marriage, even a happy and successful one, can be extremely stressful, but that stress is worth it if you’re marrying the best person for you. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
Sometimes we put so much effort into things we’re doing, like dating or wedding planning, that we don’t stop to think about whether or not we even want the results of that effort. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
A lot of people end up getting married more out of expectation than out of passion for each other, but if your options have ever been, ‘We either get married or break up,’ be careful. Marriage should be a new addition you add to the house that is your relationship, not the structure you impose on the house once it’s already built. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else’s and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being. Emily V. Gordon Read Quote
